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Alt-Lending Regulation Fears Won’t Stop Investors

PYMNTS

It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. Earlier this week, reports emerged that some alternative lending and industry professionals are beginning to heighten their anxieties about incoming regulation, particularly as some ponder whether the U.S. Alternative Lending.

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The impact of lower energy prices on banks

Abrigo

Analysts examined banks with at least 25 percent of deposits held in oil- and gas-dependent counties in order to investigate the impact of direct lending to local oil and gas firms and indirect lending to companies servicing the sector. Lower energy prices have had only a modest effect on banks’ profitability and capital adequacy.”

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List

PYMNTS

Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants. Online Lending. After a one-week hiatus, Lending Club finds its way back onto the Fizzle list.

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Signaling Caution

Independent Banker

A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Risk-management practices “that cause concern,” the regulators wrote, include “a greater number of underwriting policy exceptions and insufficient monitoring of market conditions.”.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

Be aware of existing or emerging risk concerns. increased operational risks. Bland of the OCC agrees that “one of the biggest issues” for bank examiners is evaluating operational risk, especially with eyes toward the current financial environment where loan underwriting terms are changing.

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Valuing Our Client’s Success

Independent Banker

We ignite prosperity in all the communities we serve through community reinvestment, lending to local businesses, and providing educational opportunities for the community and our employees. At The Bank of Tioga, we preserve the local touch and serve our clients and communities well.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. lending marketplace. Attorney Alex Tse. “We The Response.

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